Results for 'magnitude'
Hermes ransomware distributed to South Koreans via recent Flash zero-day
March 14, 2018 - This blog post was authored by @hasherezade, Jérôme Segura and Vasilios Hioureas. At the end of January, the South Korean Emergency...
GandCrab ransomware distributed by RIG and GrandSoft exploit kits (updated)
January 30, 2018 - This post was authored by Vasilios Hioueras and Jérôme Segura Update (2018-04-16): Magnitude EK has switched from Magniber to GandCrab. Update (2018-02-28): Major...
A week in security (November 6 – November 12)
November 13, 2017 - After coming out victorious in a case against PUPs, Malwarebytes CEO Marcin Kleczynski has this to say: We fought for our...
Magniber ransomware: exclusively for South Koreans
October 18, 2017 - The Magnitude exploit kit has been pretty consistent over the last few months, dropping the same payload—namely, the Cerber ransomware—and targeting...
Malware vaccination tricks: blue pills or red pills
August 30, 2017 - First, let me explain what I mean by malware vaccination tricks. Most of you will have heard about some of these....
Week in Security (August 7 – August 13)
August 14, 2017 - Last week, we explained how security certificates work and how malware authors have used them to block security software from being...
A week in security (July 31 – August 6)
August 7, 2017 - Last week we explored some basic PowerShell commands, dived into the new methods used by TrickBot, and wrote at length about...
Report: Second quarter dominated by ransomware outbreaks
July 6, 2017 - The second quarter of 2017 brought ransomware to unprecedented levels with worldwide outbreaks that went almost out of control. In scenarios...
RoughTed: the anti ad-blocker malvertiser
May 25, 2017 - Given the recent renewed attention about ‘RoughTed’ and Kafeine‘s tweet, we wanted to clarify that RoughTed and associated domains are in fact part...
Binary Options malvertising campaign drops ISFB banking Trojan
April 20, 2017 - We have been witnessing a series of malvertising attacks that keep a low profile with decoy websites and strong IP address filtering....
